Reported speech

1. A: Does Josh like singing?

B: Yes, he said that he …………………… doing it.
A. likes B. didn’t like C. liked D. doesn’t like E. is liking
2. A: Does Anna keep a strict diet?
B: No, she said that she…............a few simple rules.
A. didn’t keep B. doesn’t keep C. keeps D. kept E. keeped
3. A: Does Emily leave home early?
B: No, she said that she…...............home early.
A. leaves B. didn’t leave C. left
D. doesn’t leave E. wouldn’t leave
4. The director said that an important guest the next day. So we mustn’t be late.
A. is arriving B. was arriving C. arrived D. would arrive E. is going to arrive
5. A: Does Jean meet her friends at weekends?
B: Yes, she said that she...........................them at weekends.
A. met B. meet C. meets D. is meeting E. didn’t meet
6. A: Is Dorj at home?
B: Yes, he said that he……………at home.
A. were B. was C. did D. does E. wasn’t
7. A: Does Bold read books often?
B: Yes, he said that he often..............books.
A. Reads B. is reading C. read D. doesn’t readE. don’t read
8. A: Was she watching TV?
B: Yes, he said that she......…………..TV.
A. Watches B. is watching C. was watching D. were watching E. had been watching
9. A: Was Susan ill?
B: Yes, she said that she………….
A. has been ill B. was ill C. had ill D. would be E. is ill
10. “How long does it take to get to the city centre?” I asked her.
I asked her how long ……… to get to the city centre.
A. does it take B. had it taken C. did it take D. it took E. it has taken
11. “I won’t be back until next Thursday” She told me.
She told me that she ………. until the following Thursday.
A. won’t be back B. would be back C. will be back D. wouldn’t be back E. wasn’t be back
12. . “If I ask you nicely, will you buy me an ice cream?” she asked.
She asked me ………
A. to buy her an ice cream D. would I buy her an ice cream
B. to ask her for an ice cream E. if she asked me nicely would I buy her an ice cream
C. whether I had asked her for an ice cream
13. “I will not lend my car to just anyone” Andy said. Andy said that ………
A. he wouldn’t lend his car to just anyone B. he wouldn’t lend my car to just anyone
C. he will not lend his car to just anyone D. he is not going to lend his car to just anyone
E. he would lend his car to anyone
14. She asked “What time does the next train arrive”?
She asked what time ……….
A. does the next train arrive B. the next train arrived
C. does arrive the next train D. the next train would arrive E. the next train will arrive
15. A: He asked “Where are you going? “ He asked me ……………………
A. where I was going. C. where I am going.
B. if I was going. D. I had gone. E. where am I going
16. A: How will the children get home after the birthday party?
He wanted to know ……………….. after the birthday party.
A. the children get home C. how the children will get home
B. how the children get home D. how the children would get home
E. the children would get home
17. A: Can you help me with the gardening?
She asked me ………….her with the gardening.
A. if I could help C. when I could help
B. I could help D. whether I help E. I can help
18. “ Where are you?” -my teacher asked.
My teacher asked me ………
A. where I were B. what was I C. where you are D. where I was E. where are you
19. “ What are you reading?” my mother asked. My mother asked me……..
A. what I am reading B. what I was reading C. what you are reading
D. when I was reading E. what I were reading
20. “How old are you?” a guide asked. The guide asked me ……..
A. how old I was B. how old I were C. how old I am D. how old are you E. how old you are
21. “Do you know what time the bank closes on Saturdays?” Maral asked Saraa.
Maral asked Saraa if she knew ……..
A. what time does the bank close on Saturdays. D. what time did the bank closed on Saturdays.
B. what time the bank closes on Saturdays. E. what time the bank closed on Saturdays.
C. what time did the bank close on Saturdays.
22. He asked her “Can you drive a minivan?”
He asked her if she . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a minivan.
A. can drive B. could drive C. could drove D. could driven E. can be driven
23. He said, „I am going to the park‟. He said that . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A. I was going to the park B. he is going to the park
C. he had been going to the park D. he was going to the park
E. he has been going to the park
24. “What do you want to know?” –teacher asked me.
Teacher asked me what . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
A. did you want to know B. I wanted to know C. did I want to know
D. you wanted to know E. I want to know.
25. Jargal said she _baby-sit her nephew that night.
A. has to B. had C. is having D. had to E. has
26. Fred asked me “What do you want to eat?”
Fred asked me what I ______________ to eat.
A. have been wanted B. want C. have wanted D. had wanted E. wanted
27. My daughter asked me “Will you help me with my homework?”
My daughter asked me if I ____________ her with her homework.
A. help B. will help C. would helped D. would be helped E. would help
28. The new student asked the professor “Are you Mr. Buyan?”
The new student asked the professor if____________ Mr. Buyan.
A. was he B. he is C. he was D. is he E. he will be
29. The policeman asked me “Where were you last night at the time of the burglary?”
The policeman asked me where I __________ the night before, at the time of the burglary.
A. will be B. have been C. was D.am E. had been
30. He said "I am busy now. He said that
 A. he is busy then B. he were busy then C. he was busy then
D. he is busy now. E. he has been busy then
31. The teacher asked the boy why ………………… late for the lesson.
A. he had arrived B. had he arrived C. did he arrive D. he will arrive E. he arrives
32. “Do you go in for sports?”, he asked. He asked ………………..in for sports.
A. if I’ll go B. he went C. if I went D. I should go E. if I had gone
33. He said “ I met them last weekend”. He said that
A. he had met last weekend C. he had met them the previous weekend
B. he met them the previous weekend D. he had met the previous weekend E. he met the previous weekend
34. “I made a lot of friends in my new job last month,” he said. He said that .
A. he has made a lot of friends in his new job the previous month.
B. I had made a lot of friends in his new job a month ago.
C. he had made a lot of friends in my new job the previous month.
D. I would make a lot of friends in his new job the month before.
E. he had made a lot of friends in his new job the previous month.
35. “Tom’s brother has won the lottery two weeks ago,” said Lucy. She said .
A. her brother has won the lottery two weeks ago.
B.his brother had won the lottery two weeks before.
C.his brother would win the lottery previous weeks.
D.her brother had won the lottery two weeks before.
E.his brother would win the lottery in two weeks time.

36. Direct speech: “I’m waiting for my English exam result,” Chimgee said.
Reported speech: Chimgee said (that)____________________.
A. she was waiting for her English exam result
B. she is waiting for my English exam result
C. she has been waiting for her English exam result
D. she waited for her English exam result
E. she was waiting for my English exam result
37. Direct speech: “You play the guitar very well, Chimgee,” the teacher said.
Reported speech: The teacher told Chimgee (that) _______________________.
A. she is playing the guitar very well
B. she plays the guitar very well
C. you played the guitar very well
D. she played the guitar very well
E. you play the guitar very well
38. The students told the teacher they the project yet.
A. haven’t done B. hadn’t done C. didn’t do D. don’t do E. aren’t doing
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1. A: My son can’t vote this year B: I see. If he ……...........…eighteen, he… able to vote.
A. was/will be B. is/would be C. wasn’t/won’t be D. were/would be E. were/would
2. A: I have a problem with my properties. B: If I…………..you, I… see a lawyer.
A. were/will B. were/would C. was/will D. am/will E. were/would have
3. A: Do you still want to buy a computer?
B: Yes, I …………. buy a computer if I...........afford it
A. will/could B. could/can C. would/could D. will/can E. could/would
4. A: My mother is always angry with me. B: If I………..you, I………….talk to her.
A. wasn’t/would B. were/would C. was/will D. were/will E. am/will
5. A: I wish she was here. B: Yes, I know. If she ………here, she…..talk to you.
A. was/will B. is/would C. was/won’t D. were/will E. were/would
6. A: They were not here. B:If they ……….. here, they………decorated the house.
A. are/will B. are/would C. had been/would have D. were/will E. was/will
7. A: Anu usually peels potatoes for salad and Delger cuts the onions.
B: If Anu……. the onions for the salad, Delger….....peel the potatoes.
A. cuts/ will B. cuts/would C. cut/would D. is cutting/will E. were cutting/will
8. A: I cannot change my life. B: If I …… rich, I……….change my life completely.
A. was/will B. were/would C. am/will D. will/am E. were /would have
9. If I ……… very hard, I would have been able to stop smoking.
A. tried B. would have tried C. would try D. had tryed E. had tried
10. If you found a spider in the bath, what ………?
A. you will do B. will you do C. would you do D. you would do E. you do
11. I will try very hard to come and have dinner at your house if ……… able to.
A. I was B. I were C. I am D. I had been E. I will be
12. If I ……… you, I should work very hard so that I could earn more money.
A. was B. am C. have been D. had E. were
13. If I ……... her address, I …………… you yesterday.
A. know / tell B. knew/ would told C. have known / will tell
D. would know/ would have told E. had known / would have told
14. If I ………………..in the countryside, I ……………a horse well.
A. had been born and raised /rode D. will be born and raised / will ride.
B. have been born and raised/ ridden E. had been born and raised / could have ridden
C. was born and raised/ could ride
15. I would make Mongolian youth work in their native country, If I ……. the Prime Minister of Mongolia.
A. were B. will be C. am D. would be E. being
16. If the pain …….. worse, I …….. see a doctor.
A. get / would B. will / get C. had got / would D. gets / will E. gets / would
17. If you …….. more exercise, you …….. healthier.
A. take / would feel B. took / would feel C. had taken / would feel
D. takes / feel E. taken / would feel
18. If you ……..your passport, you should …….. it immediately.
A. lose / report B. lost / have reported C. lost / will report
D. had lost / would report E. lose / will report
19. If I were you, I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in the dark.
 A. will not drive B. wouldn’t driven C. wouldn’t have driven D. wouldn’t drove E. wouldn’t drive
20. If Tuya hadn’t been in a hurry, she . . . . . . . . . . . . . . her passport at home.
A. wouldn’t have leave B. Wouldn’t leave C. will not leave
D. wouldn’t has left E. Wouldn’t have left
21. If I . . . . . . . . . . . . that lottery ticket, I would never have won this amount of money.
A. didn’t bought B. hasn’t bought C. didn’t buy D. hadn’t bought E. haven’t bought
22. I think, if you work hard all the time, you _your goal.
A. will reach B. would reach C. reach D. would have reached E. will be reaching
23. Unless the students had learned English, they the scholarship abroad.
A. won’t get B. wouldn’t have got C. wouldn’t get D. would get E. will get
24. I hope, if we study hard all the time, we _exams successfully.
A. pass B. would pass C. will pass D. would have passed E. will be passing
25. If you had been a bit more careful, you cut yourself.
A. were B. wouldn’t be C. wouldn’t have D. would E. weren’t
26. If Sarnai had set her alarm correctly, she overslept.
A. won’t be B. wouldn’t have C. isn’t D. wouldn’t been E. wasn’t
27. If I have enough money, I think I _____________ a new house.
A. will buy B. would buy C. bought D. buys E. buy
28. If you heat water to 100 degrees Celsius, it _____________.
A. will boiled B. would boil C. would boiled D. boiled E. boils
29. If you study English hard, you _____________ a good job.
A. will get B. would get C. would have got D. got E. will got
30. If you take that flight, you ____________ us tomorrow.
A. would see B. will see C. would seen D. saw E. had seen

31. If I _________ my hair blonde, nobody would _________ me.

A. have dyed/ have recognized C. dyed/ recognized

B. dye/ recognize D. dye/ have recognized E. dyed/ recognize

32. You will get wet …….. you take an umbrella.

A. if B. since C. as D. when E. unless
33. If I _________ you, I would _________ the truth.
A. was / told B. were / tell C. were / had told D. was / have tell E. was / be told
34. If he his essay writing assignment, he would call to his teacher.
A. will finish B. had finished C. finishes D. finished E. finishing

35. Give me Peter’s letter. If I …………him, I …………..it to him.

A. see / would give C. see / will give
B. saw / would given D. had seen / would give E. see / would given
36. If he hadn’t become a sprinter, he to have been a fast bowler.
A. would have loved B. have loved C. loved D. loves E. has loved
37. If I in your shoes, I _______her the truth.
A. were / would tell B. were / will tell C. was / would have told
D. was / would tell E. were / told
38. If we enough time, we the Statue of Liberty.
A. had had / would visit B. have / would visit C. had / would visit
D. had / would have visited E. have / would have visited
39. If you put your money in a savings account, you _________________ eight percent interest.
A. to get B. were getting C. get D. got E. are getting
40. If he ___________________where he was going, he wouldn’t have walked into the wall.
 A. has been looking C. had been looking E. was looking
B. has looked D. looked
41. If you add three and two, you ______ five.
A. got B. will got C. get D. would get E. are getting
42. If he ______________________too much, he wouldn’t have felt sick.
A. hadn’t been eaten B. didn’t eat C. hasn’t eaten D. wasn’t eating E. hadn’t eaten
43. Ben would have taken up sport earlier if he _how much fun it was.
A. knew B. would know C. knows D. has known E. had known
I wish
44. Today is my birthday. I wish that my boyfriend ………… some flowers.
A. gave B. will give me C. gives me D. would given E. is giving me
45. I wish I ……… harder at school when I was younger.
A. had worked B. worked C. work D. were worked E. have worked
46. I wish I ………more money when I was younger.
A. saved B. was saving C. had saved D. save E. have saved
47. I wish I ……… nicer to my parents when I was younger.
A. were B. was C. have been D. had been E. will be
48. I wish my family ……… more money when I was small.
A. have B. had C. was having D. had had E. have had
49. You are in China now but you don’t know Chinese. You regret now.
You say : I wish I ………………….
A. know Chinese well. C. will know Chinese well.
B. knew Chinese well. D. to know Chinese well. E. Chinese know well
50. There was a job advertised in the newspaper. You decided not to apply for it and didn’t do that.
Now you think that your decision was wrong. You say: I wish I …………………………
A. apply for the job C. had applied for the job.
B. applied for the job D. wouldn’t apply for the job E. not have applied for the job.
51. When you were younger, you didn’t learn to play a musical instrument. Now you regret.
You say: I wish I ……………………………
A. would learn to play musical instrument D. learning to play musical instrument
B. learned to play musical instrument E. had learned to play musical instrument
C. will learn to play musical instrument
52. Your friends live far from you. You would like them to live nearer to you.
You say: I wish my friends _____________________nearer to me.
A. would live B. was living C. had lived D. lived E. have lived
53. Your apartment is old and small. You would like to live in a nice big apartment.
You say: I wish I ____________ in a nice big apartment.
A. would live B. am living C. had lived D. lived E. have lived
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